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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But is not God greater then (Ish) The wisest and most accomplished, the most perfect and mightiest of men, as well as he is greater then (Enosh) sorrowful or miserable man? I answer, the word Enosh is not to be taken exclusively, as if when he saith, the puissant is greater then the sorrowful man, he were not also greater then the greatest or strongest man; but it notes, that all men, or man considered in his best estate, is but weakness and wretchedness, when put in the balance with the great God, or the puissant, Lord what is man (saith David, one of the best and greatest of men, a King, Psal: 144.3.) that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man that thou makest account of him? Now if it be even too much that God should make any account of man, ⟨p. 234⟩then what is any man in account to God? O what man or Angel is able to cast up the account, how much the great God is greater or more then man. The words are plain, only there is somewhat yet to be added or touched upon, to clear up further the scope of Elihu in speaking thus to Job, which I shall endeavour to clear and make out, when I have given a note or two from the words, as they are a plain proposition; God is greater then man.
But is not God greater then (Ish) The wisest and most accomplisht, the most perfect and mightiest of men, as well as he is greater then (Enosh) sorrowfull or miserable man? I answer, the word Enosh is not to be taken exclusively, as if when he saith, the puissant is greater then the sorrowfull man, he were not also greater then the greatest or strongest man; but it notes, that all men, or man considered in his best estate, is but weaknesse and wretchedness, when put in the ballance with the great God, or the puissant, Lord what is man (saith David, one of the best and greatest of men, a King, Psal: 144.3.) that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man that thou makest account of him? Now if it be even too much that God should make any account of man, ⟨p. 234⟩then what is any man in account to God? O what man or Angel is able to cast up the account, how much the great God is greater or more then man. The words are plaine, only there is somewhat yet to be added or touched upon, to cleare up further the scope of Elihu in speaking thus to Job, which I shall endeavour to cleare and make out, when I have given a note or two from the words, as they are a plaine proposition; God is greater then man.